Lockyer, Norman, Sir, 1836-1920 · London : Macmillan and Co. · leaf 101
w the Earth is presented to the Sun at the fourseasons—that is how the Earth would be seen by aii 74 ASTRONOMY. obsencr situated in the Sun. First, then, for summerand winter. Figs. 9 and 10 represent the Earth as it wouldbe seen from the Sun at noon in London, at the summerand winter solstices. In… … Fig. 10.—The Earth, as seen from the Sun at the Winter Solstice(noon at London). the northern edge of the disc that it cannot be properlyrepresented in the figure. It is therefore furthest fromthe region where the Sun is overhead ; the Suns rays areconsequently feeble, and we have winter. 178. In…
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